INEC Postpones election in areas that had accreditation problem..

The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has announced
that voting in the ongoing
presidential and parliamentary
elections will continue tomorrow in
areas where accreditation and voting problems have been discovered. In a statement released via his official Twitter alert handle, INEC said it was coming up with the plan to avoid disenfranchsing eligible voters. “INEC has been monitoring field reports on the accreditation process since commencement this morning,”
it said “Whereas the process has gone well in several places, in some others it has encountered some challenges,especially the card
readers.
Consequently, accreditation
has been slow in many places and
has not commenced at all in some others.
“Even though the guidelines for the
2015 general elections provide that
where card readers fail to work and
cannot be replaced, elections in such
PUs will be postponed to the next
day, the scale of the challenge we
have observed has necessitated a
reconsideration of the provision of
the guidelines.
“The commission has therefore
decided that in PUs where card
readers fail to work, the Presiding
Officer shall manually accredit voters.
“The Presiding Officer shall mark the
voters register upon being satisfied
that the person presenting a PVC is
the owner. Notwithstanding, in PUs
where accreditation was suspended
to the next day in accordance with
the guidelines, arrangements will be
made for voters to vote tomorrow,
subject to the provisions of the
Electoral Act 2010.”
The commisson reassured the public that it would “thoroughly investigate what happened while it stays committed to credible elections”.